Competition Prizewinners
1st International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1-11 November 1957)
1st prize: not awarded
2nd prize: Josef Vavral – Czechoslovakia, Harry Müller – GDR
4th prize: Albert Lang – Czechoslovakia, Eugeniusz Gosiewski – Poland, Franz J. Klier – GFR
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- 1st International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1957). From right: Zdzisław Jahnke announcing competition results. Award winning instruments are presented by Włodzimierz Kamiński.
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- 1st International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1957). Josef Vavra (in the middle) with Polish laureates of the competition: Eugeniusz Gosiewski (on the left) and Mieczysław Bielański.
2nd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (15-30 May 1962)
1st prize: Vladimir Pilař – Czechoslovakia, Přemysl Špidlen – Czechoslovakia
3rd prize: Přemysl Špidlen – Czechoslovakia, Renato Scrollavezza – Italy, Sesto Rocchi – Italy
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- 2nd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1962). Best instruments.
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- 2nd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1962). Premysl Spidlen (second from the right) presenting his rewarded violin to Karel Pilar, Włodzimierz Kamiński and Tadeusz Wroński.
3rd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (15-24 Seprember 1967)
1st prize: not awarded
2nd prize: Přemysl Špidlen – Czechoslovakia, Antonio Capela – Portugal, Renato Scrollavezza – Italy
3rd prize: Piotr Kubas – Poland
4th prize: Antonio Capela – Portugal
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- 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). First prize was not awarded. 2nd prize: Przemysl Špidlen from Czechoslovakia.
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- 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). First prize was not awarded. 2nd prize: Antonio Capela from Portugal.
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- 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). 3rd International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1967). First prize was not awarded. 2nd prize: Renato Scrollavezza from Italy.
4th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (4-14 May 1972)
1st prize: Domingos F. Capela – Portugal
2nd prize: Domingos F. Capela – Portugal
3rd prize: Antonio Capela – Portugal
4th prize: Antonio Capela – Portugal, Kurt Gütter – GDR
5th prize: Anatolij Koczergin – USSR, Mieczysław Bielański – Poland
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- 4th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1972). Józef Bartoszek, Antonio Capela and Mieczysław Bielański.
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- 4th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1972). Domingos F. Capela (Portugal), 1st and 2nd Prize Winner.
5th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (30 June-10 July 1977)
1st prize: Józef Bartoszek – Poland
2nd prize: Kurt Gütter – GDR
3rd prize: Tomaš Pilař – Czechoslovakia
4th prize: Tomaš Pilař – Czechoslovakia, Józef Bartoszek – Poland
5th prize: Kurt Gütter – GDR, Franciszek Marduła – Poland
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- 5th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1977). Józef Bartoszek became first Polish winner of the International Wieniawski Violin Making Competition, he was also awarded one of two competition 4th Prizes.
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- 5th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1977). Tomas Pilar – laureate of “Złoty Groblicz” prize, the greatest individuality of the Competition.
6th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (9-19 May 1981)
1st prize: Ivano Coratti – Italy
2nd prize: Nadia Mantovani – Italy
3rd prize: Jaromir Joo – Czechoslovakia
4th prize: Anatolij Koczergin – USSR, Jochen Voigt – GDR
5th prize: Tetsuo Matsuda – Japan, Paul Wiessmeyer – Canada
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- 6th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1981). Ivano Coratti (Italy) – First Prize Winner.
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- 6th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1981). Best instrument of the event – Ivano Coratti (Bologna, Italy).
7th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2-11 May 1986)
1st prize: Jan Bobak – Poland
2nd prize: Lorenzo Marchi – Italy
3th prize: Jerzy Piórko – Poland
4th prize: Junji Matsuoka – Japan, Shinya Mochizuki – Japan
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- 7th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1986). Jan Bobak (Poland), First Prize.
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- 7th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1986). Violin makers watching best competition instruments.
8th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2-11 May 1991)
1st prize: Jerzy Piórko – Poland
2nd prize: Tadeusz Słodyczka – Poland
3rd prize: Stanisław Król – Poland
4th prize: Antoni Krupa – Poland, Udo Kretzschmann – Germany
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- 8th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1991). Jerzy Piórko, Polish luthier from Lubin, winner of the first prize and a silver badge of the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers for the most beautiful Italian varnish.
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- 8th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1991). Best instruments of the Competition.
9th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (11-18 May 1996)
1st prize: Krzysztof Mróz – Poland, Simeone Morassi – Italy
2nd prize: Simeone Morassi – Italy
3th prize: Krzysztof Mróz – Poland, Giovanni Morassi – Italy
4th prize: Gao Tong Tong – China, Mieczysław Nowobilski – Poland
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- 9th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1996). Krzysztof Mróz, winner of the first prize and gold medal, and simultaneously the third prize and bronze medal for his second instrument submitted for the competition.
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- 9th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1996). Simeone Morassi, Italian violin maker from the famous family, son of Gio Batta Morassi’ego, won Grand Prix and gold medal for the highest acoustic and violin-making qualities of his violin. He was also awarded second prize and silver medal for his second violin, submitted for the competition.
10th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (16-22 September 2001)
1st prize: Igor Ulitsky – Moldova
2nd prize: Norbert Kijanka – Poland
3rd prize: Robert Loska – Poland
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- 10th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2001). Igor Ulitsky (Russia) – 1st prize winner; he also received the medal of the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers for the highest violin making values of his violin as well as the “Silver Fan” for the best luthier in the competition awarded by Director of the Tokyo Violin Making School.
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- 10th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2001). Norbert Kijanka (Poland), winner of the third prize of the competition. He received the award from Andrzej Zieliński, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.
11th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (7-13 May 2006)
1st prize: Hiroshi Kikuta – Japan
2nd prize: Sandro Asinari – Italy
3rd prize: Alessandro Scandroglio – Italy
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- 11th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2006). Best instruments of the Competition: 1st Prize – Hiroshi Kikuta (Japan), 2nd Prize – Sandro Asinari (Italy), 3rd Prize – Alessandro Scandroglio (Italy).
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- 11th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2006). From right – Hiroshi Kikuta – 1st Prize Winner and his violin presented by Andrzej Łapa, Chairman Gio Batta Morassi and Andrzej Wituski – Director of the Competition.
12th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (8-14 May 2011)
1st prize: Min Sung Kim – South Korea
2nd prize: Marcus Klimke – Germany
3rd prize: Ulrike Dederer – Switzerland/Germany
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- 12th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2011). Best instruments of the event.
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- 12th International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (2011). Min Sung Kim from South Korea – First Prize Winner.
GALLERY – International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in photographs (1957-2011)